I hope that those of you, who were able to attend my free guided tour at the National Gallery today, Sunday 14th October, enjoyed the choice of paintings. But if you missed them or just want a reminded of which pictures we looked at so you can visit them again with a friend. Here is a list of those paintings:
After looking at the archictecture of the Sainsbury wing we looked at how some pictures in the Sainsbury Wing work with the architecture beginning with The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (about 1502-4) by Giovanni Basttista Cima da Conegliano (about 1459/60 - about 1517/18). We then looked at the a picture given its own room in the Sainsbury Wing, The Baptism of Christ (1450s) by Piero della Francesca (about 1415/20 - 1492). While here we also briefly saw in the same room other works by Piero della Francesca, including, Saint Micheal (completed 1469) and The Nativity (1470-75). This was followed by the small oil on limewood painting of Saint Jerome in his Study (about 1475) by Antonello da Messina (active 1456; died 1479). The paintings hung on either side of this, also by Antonello da Messina, were, Christ Blessing (apparently dated 1465) and Christ Crucified (1475). We then moved on to the recently re-hung room 9 in the main building to look at two pictures by the old and young Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23) The Death of Acteaon (1559-75) both by Titian (active about 1506; died 1576). We finally we ended in room 44 with the only representation of a Finnish painter in the National Gallery's collection, Lake Keitele (1905) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931).
My next guided tours of the National Gallery will be on Thursday 1st November at the usual times of 11:30 and 14:30.
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